I miss you

I dug frantically in the trash can beside my desk, throwing
out everything in my way as I looked for the crumpled,
wadded up piece of my heart which I can't let go of.
There at the bottom of that metal pit was my soul etched in ink
on a mangled ball of line-less paper.
With tears dotting each fiber, I flattened it as much
 as the tabletop and my trembling hands would allow and
there still visible amidst tear diluted ink were the words of my heart
I LOVE YOU!